Wu Ting Fang Dines At The Lotus Club
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang was honored at a Lotus Club banquet in New York with Andrew Carnegie and Gen. Miles among the guests. President Lawrence praised China-America ties while Wu spoke of mutual learning and peaceful relations, and others lauded his diplomacy and the era's challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Ting _Fang
Honoer
Lotos Club
Pinner
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Spain
Peru
Lotus Club
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Frank R. Lawrence
Chou-Tsz-Chi
Hinese
Legation
Nelson A. Miles
Barker
Stewart
Woodford
Wayne McVeagh
Felix Adler
Charles R. Flint
Almorcates
Lawrence
China
Manfkind
Europe
America
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Wuo-Ting-Pang
Washington
Daniel
United States of America
Lincoln
Grant
Miles
Dewey
William McKinley
White House
Stars and Stripes
Gen
Gen. Miles
Christ
Jotos Club
Adler
Yale
Dr. Adler
Wayne MacVeagh
Wns
MacVeagh
Alent
Natton
Putias
Lanine
Elub
Kingdom of Heaven
Harrison
Cleveland
Daniel E. Sickles
Job Heges
Captive hawk freed after long confinement in Trenton
A large chicken hawk in the old graveyard near St Pauls Chapel is captured and caged during a journey. After a rival hawk dies the keeper releases him. The hawk tests freedom, eludes a crowd, and finally soars away toward the west at sunset.
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St. Paul's Chapel
Trenton
Dempsey Files Bankruptcy Petition in New York Firm
Guy C. Dempsey of 850 Eighth Avenue a lawyer and brother of Queen Lavinia Dempsey of the Holland Dames has filed a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 4487 to nineteen creditors with no assets. Creditors include John H V Arnold 3127 for legal services Thomas A Crockett 1523 for carpenter work Lavinia H Dempsey 500 Mooney Boland Detective Agency 175 for services William J Kinsley 34 for handwriting expert services prior to August 2 1898. He also owes for coal 723 books 665 borrowed Reonese 1850 clothing 300 carriage hire 19.
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Guy C. Dempsey
Eighth Avenue
Queen Lavinia Dempsey
Holland Dames
John H. V. Arnold
Thomas A. Crockett
Carpenter
Lavinia H Dempsey
Mooney & Boland Detective Agency
William J. Kinsley
Boston Bride Missing After Planned Noon Wedding
Boston police and private detectives search for Sophie Haykil Maloof an eighteen year old Syrian girl missing before her noon wedding. Her paid trousseau valued at 275 dollars lies at the shop. Nasrar and his wife were last seen with the girl at a Syrian cafe before fleeing to New York.
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Boston
Sophie Haykil Maloof
Trousseau
Nasrar
Joseph Malloof
Columbia University Budget Exceeds One Million for 1901
The budget for the year ending June 1, 1901, estimates expenses over 1,000,000 dollars to run the university. Trustees allocate 940,887 for education and administration, 111,181.80 for interest on bonds, and 52,245 for interest and expenses on university property. Total projected costs may reach 1,200,000 dollars, about 400,000 more than any prior year, risking a larger deficit. The treasurer notes a trust fund of 1,279,680.75 dollars, up 115,830.91 from 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
William’s Bridge
Loubat
Suit Against Alleged Whitecaps in Hart County
Benjamin W. Evans and Miss Emma White sue eleven Hart County citizens in federal court for $100,000 damages claiming they were abducted from their home in the night and beaten by white caps. Plaintiffs seek $50,000 each. Defendants include Agnus L. Alford Florence M. Carter John A. Dickerson Solomon M. Bobo Samuel W. Peer E Berry Benson J D Methison Harold M. Griffin D A Perritt L B Midith and John R. Stevens. Evans is reported in South Carolina. One defendant is a bank president. others are merchants and farmers.
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Atlanta
Whitecaps
Benjamin W. Evans
Emma White
Hart County
Agnus L. Alford
Florence M. Carter
John A. Dickerson
Solomon M. Bobo
Samuel W. Peer
Weather preview notes Pacific storm and temperature swings
The forecast describes a fair sky with northerly winds ahead of a Pacific coast storm moving inland from Montana. Temperature rose rapidly on the eastern Rocky Mountain slope and Missouri Valley while the Atlantic coast and lake region remained cooler. Observations show a 10 to 15 degree below normal in several regions with a maximum of 26 and a minimum of 1 degree.
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Pacific Coast
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Asus
Olivins
Frenchman Renounces U S Citizenship But Relief Lacks Power
Letter from Jean Pierre Guinet asks to renounce his American citizenship after eight years in the United States and in New York. Clerk John H. Loos of the Naturalization Bureau says there is no procedure to cancel the certificate absent treason or imprisonment depriving rights. Guinet, naturalized Oct 5, 1899 by Justice Truax, claims insults and persecution prompted the renunciation.
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John H. Loos
Naturalization Bureau of
The
Supreme Court
West Fourteenth Street
New York City
J. P. Guinet
Guinet
Justice Truax
New York
United States
Truax
France
Loos
Ghinet
Inventor Hasbrouck Taken to Bellevue for Insanity
John C. Hasbrouck inventor of the Hasbrouck Fire Extinguisher faced a court morning insanity action as his wife sought to have him committed to secure his money. Bellevue Hospital attendants transported Hasbrouck from his East Twenty-fifth Street home after a report that he was insane. Dr. Fitch and Dr. Pulsifer saw him with his wife and sons present. He alleged his wife connives to place him away. His wife and two sons described him as troublesome and drinking, saying they feared him at the Twenty-fifth Street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Hasbrouck
Hasbrouck
Yorkville Court
Bellevue Hospital
East Twenty-fifth Street
Sullivan
Fitch
East Twenty-second Street
Pulsifer
Monahan
Healy
Haseen
Inventor
Stamford
Conn
Twenty-fifth Street
Women to Form Clubhouse Network for Alumnae
Representatives from Barnard Vassar Wellesley Smith Cornell Radcliffe Michigan met at the Woman's University Club to plan a New York clubhouse. They adopted a motion to form an association of degree-holding women alumni, modeled on the Boston College Club, with a 7000-strong base and a constitutional committee.
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Woman's University Club
West Forty-fourth Street
Barnard
Vassar
Wellesley
Smith
Cornell
Radcliffe
Michigan University
New York City
Boston College Club
Truman’ J. Backus
Brooklyn
William Henry Hayes
University Club
President Expelled Over One Dollar in 1899
Mrs Minna Keller wife of Conrad Joseph Keller of 1095 Union Avenue was expelled on December 28 1899 from the Damen Chor der New Yorker Saengerbunde the ladies branch of the German singing society. The expulsion followed no charges but whispers of a missing dollar in subscriptions. Keller sued for reinstatement and Justice Freedman ordered her restored to all membership rights. She now threatens a damages suit against the Damen Chor members.
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Minna Keller
Conrad Joseph Keller
Union Avenue
New Yorker Saengerbunde
Damen Chor der New Yorker
Saengerbunde
Keller
Damen Chor
Eller
Damen Cher
August F. Wagener
Justice Freedman
Supreme Court
Woman Held for Shooting in West Side Court
Sadie Dean of 600 Tenth Avenue was charged in West Side Police Court with shooting cabinet maker Joseph Gellar last Friday night. Julia Lang and Mary Lee, both housemates, faced questioning while Tompkins reported hearing the shot. Gellar remained in precarious condition at Roosevelt Hospital.
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West Side
Sadie Dean
Tenth Avenue
Joseph Gellar
Dean
Julia Lang
Mary Lee
West
Fideed
Thirty-third
Gejlar
Roosevelt
Tompkins
Weisbecker and the Vaccination Mixup in Harlem Market
Charles Weisbecker, a wholesale butcher at the One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street Market, faced a strange scare after vaccinating his workers. A rumor of smallpox spread, triggering telephone inquiries and fear among customers, though no cases existed. Weisbecker lamented the odd consequence of his vaccination effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Board of Health
Charles Weisbecker
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Market
Weisbecker
Mr.Weisbecker
Mr. Weisbecker
Wellsbecker
Banquet honors Hotel Bartholdi proprietor Milton Roblee
Milton Roblee host and Seneca Club leader honored at a banquet in his hotel. Sousa’s Band played as Charles E White served master of ceremonies and Robert Hobart Davis toastmaster. Augustus Docharty gave the principal address praising Roblee’s decade in New York and his kindness and business reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Roblee
Bartholdi
Seneca Club
Tammany Organization
Robbe
Sousa
Charles E. White
Robert Hobart -Davis
Mr. Roble
Augustus T. Docharty
Milton Robbe
New York
Contac
Woman Plucky Fire Fighter in North Bergen Fire
Three hothouses in North Bergen New Jersey burned out early yesterday. Mrs Heins saved three other hothouses by spraying with a garden hose while her husband summoned the townships lone fire company. She continued aiding firefighters after they arrived and received praise for her efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bergen
N. J
Heins
Murderer Boyler Captured After Salem County Slaying
Lee Boyler, a colored man wanted for the murder of Oscar Hendrickson in Woodstown Salem County, was captured in South Amboy after engineer Elias Stratton spotted him on the Camden and Amboy Railroad tracks. He was invited to ride, brought to a flag shanty, and held until Chief Minnick was notified. Boyler denied being the suspect.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Lee Boyler
Salem County
Oscar Hendrickson
Woodstown
South Amboy
Camden and Amboy
Elias Stratton
Minnick
Bowler
Rhode Hall farmer warns against harboring wife in exit
John Duncan of Rhode Hall New Jersey publishes a notice after his wife left him with their infant daughter and two sons. A German farm hand vanished at the same time fueling elopement rumors. Authorities say she used his name to obtain goods and forged checks at Cranbury and elsewhere.
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New Brunswick
N. J
John Duncan
Rhode Hall
Diuncan
Death by suicide of John G. Rolston in Newark home
John G. Rolston, a New York Biscuit Company salesman, hanged himself at his home 56 Cleveland Street Orange this morning. In poor health and likely mentally unbalanced due to business troubles, the 52 year old man left a widow and two daughters. He previously served as superintendent of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School in New York.
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Newark
N. J
John G. Rolston
New York Biscuit Company
Cleveland Street
Orange
Rolston
First Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Dr Morrison's Money Recovered In Jersey City Incident
Dr Andrew Morrison of Glasgow Scotland, who was robbed of 800 during an assault in Jersey City, has $600 recovered by police. He studied the gold cure system and planned a sanitarium in Glasgow. He is staying with Mr and Mrs William Brown of East Second Street Plainfield New Jersey.
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Morrison
Plainfield
N. J
Andrew Morrison
Glasgow
Scotland
Jersey City
William Brown
East Second Street
Scotch Iron Works May Be Idle
Glasgow reports Scotch iron and steel manufacturers may close works in January due to few orders and high fuel costs reducing activity in the industry.
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Scotch Iron Works
Glasgow
Scotch Iron and Steel Manufacturers
Best & Co Gifts for Children Catalog Page
Gifts for children including boys coats in plaids and blues sized 6 to 18 years from 3.75 to 7.50 dollars, blue cloth military capes 4 to 18 years from 7.75 to 10.50, umbrellas 65 cents to 6.50, pajamettes for ages 2 to 8 at 75 cents, fur sets for girls, baby coats in eiderdown 4.35, gloves and mittens in multiple styles, wool school gloves 25 cents, Arctics and rubber boots, plus a selection of toys dolls books and games.
Platt Discusses County Republican Reorganization
Senator Platt met with Gibbs and Ten Eyck at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to discuss reorganization of the County Committee. Greene to be re elected Chairman, Ten Eyck to head the Executive Committee, and Sheldon to be elected Treasurer after Sabine Smith’s death.
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Gibbs
Ten Eyck
Republican
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Francis V. Greene
George L. Sheldon
John Sabine Smith
Platt
Seth Low
Charles A. Schierén
Senate
Great Britain
Morgan
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Express Company
Supreme Court
Citizens' Union to Announce 30 New Central Members
Thirty members at large of the Citizens' Union Central Committee will be announced at tomorrow's meeting at the union headquarters in East Twenty-third Street. The selections come from prominent independent Democrats and Republicans, including figures active in the Low campaign. National Committeeman Gibbs praises the group’s restraint on candidate talk as prudent ahead of unifying opposition to Tammany.
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Citizens’ Union New Central Committee
The
Union
East Twenty-third Street
Citizens’ Union
National
Gibbs
Tammany
Papal New Year Masses to Mark Century’s End
Papal legation reports all U S archbishops and bishops expected to celebrate midnight Mass on New Year’s Eve in their cathedrals or designated churches as part of a universal devotion marking the century’s close. Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore and Mgr. Martinelli in Washington are named for services.
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Washington
United States
Leo
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Alfred Curtis
Mgr. Martinelli
St. Patrick's Church
Maine Wreck Removal Secured as Bids Opened
Havana reports Captain of the Port Young has five bids for removing the Maine wreck. Though bids remain private, the outcome is assured and removal will proceed.
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Maine
Havana
Young
United States
Secretary of Finance denies Porto Rican loan claim against Cuba
The Porto Rican claim of 2 500,000 against Cuba for loans to Spain in the war is denied by the Secretary of Finance. Governor General Wood approves the denial, which has been referred to Washington under the Paris treaty.
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Mavana
Secretary of Finance
Cuba
Spain
Wood
Washington
Governor General names judges to codify island decrees
Governor General Wood appoints a Supreme Judge a Tiscal and Judge Advocate Dudley to codify island decrees and integrate them into a procedure code.
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Havank
Wood
Tiscal
Dudley
Woman Burned to Death in Brooklyn Kitchen Fire
Mrs Annd B Cannon widow and head of the corset department at Siex l-Cooper Co lived with her son Emmet on the second floor of 295 South Fifth Street Brooklyn. She was found dead on the kitchen floor as flames consumed the room after an afternoon fire. A building owner’s husband George Young smelled smoke and called in the alarm. The fire department recovered the body with clothes burned away and the scene described as horribly burned.
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Annd B. Cannon
Emmet
South Fifth Street
Brooklyn
Cannon
Siex+l-Cooper Company
Snack
Tyeorge Young
Fire damages Rundy and Schoonmaiker dry goods store
The dry goods store at 545 Third Avenue in a ground floor unit of a four story flat was destroyed by fire and water after holiday window trimming ignited by a gas jet. Firemen answered a second alarm. occupants on upper floors escaped unharmed. Loss estimated at 7600 for stock and 500 for the building.
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Rundy & Schoonmaiker
Third Avenue
Fire damages Keating residence in Manhattan
Fire swept Commissioner of Highways James P. Keating’s home at 19 East Twenty-ninth Street last night causing about $2,000 in loss to rugs and furniture. The blaze began about 8 o’clock in the reception room and is believed to have started from a defective stove. Keating was away in Lakewood. his son Dr J J Keating and two daughters were at home.
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Commissioner Keating
James P. Keating
East Twenty-ninth Street
Keating
Lakewood
J. J. Keating
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